London has been battered by 50mph winds that have felled trees and caused travel chaos. Powerful gusts swept across the capital as the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" weather alert for most of the country.

Rowan Atkinson, starring in Quartermaine’s Terms by Simon Gray, was asked by Give a Book, the charity founded by Gray’s widow, for its latest “book of the month”. His choice? Uncle Fred in the Springtime by PG Wodehouse.